Iran says it started enriching uranium to 20% using new centrifugesIran says it started enriching uranium to 20% using new centrifuges
Shafaq News/ Iran announced Sunday that it has begun enriching uranium up to 20% using sophisticated centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear plant, state TV reported, an escalation that comes amid a standoff with the West over its tattered atomic deal.

That Tehran is enriching uranium up to 20% purity — a technical step from w

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Kurdish leader Barzani extends condolences on the death of Ali Qazi MuhammadKurdish leader Barzani extends condolences on the death of Ali Qazi Muhammad
Shafaq News/ Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani on Sunday sent a condolence correspondence to the family of the late Kurdish leader Qazi Muhammad on the death of his son, Ali.

Barzani said, "I was saddened by the passing of Mr. Ali, the son of the Kurdish leader Qazi Muhammad."

"I console the patriotic family of Qazi Muhammad and ask God

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COVID-19: +340 new cases and one mortality in Kurdistan on SundayCOVID-19: +340 new cases and one mortality in Kurdistan on Sunday
Shafaq News/ Kurdistan logged 348 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Region's Ministry of Health said today, Sunday. 

The daily epidemiological report on COVID-19 stated that one death were registered today. On the other hand, 180 patients had achieved full recovery.

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After al-Khazali, al-Hakeem urges Iraq's Kurds to settle disagreements over the republic's presidencyAfter al-Khazali, al-Hakeem urges Iraq's Kurds to settle disagreements over the republic's presidency

Shafaq News/ The head of the State Forces Alliance, Ammar al-Hakeem, urged the Kurds to settle their disputes over the republic's presidency to expedite the formation of the government and resolution of the political impasse in Iraq.

In a sermon he delivered before a crowd of his supporters in Baghdad on the first day of Eid al-Adha, al-Hakim laid

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PUK and KDP will take the battle to the final round, MP saysPUK and KDP will take the battle to the final round, MP says

Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are more likely to take the competition over the republic's presidency to the parliament hall as chances to find common ground continue to dwindle, lawmaker Mulla Karim Shakour said on Sunday.

The member of the PUK parliamentary bloc told Shafaq News

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Al-Khazali: Shiite parties are in sync, Kurdish divisions delay resolving political deadlockAl-Khazali: Shiite parties are in sync, Kurdish divisions delay resolving political deadlock

Shafaq News/ The leader of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq movement, Qais al-Khazali, underplayed the disagreements between the member parties of the Coordination Framework over the premiership, hinting that the Kurdish disagreement over the republic's presidency is the major hurdle for ending the political deadlock in the country.

In a sermon he delivered

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